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Edward Hargraves discovered gold in Lewis Pond Creek Bathurst 1851.
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Edward Hargraves moved to Summer Hill- along with John lister- as there was no more gold here.
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Thomas Hiscock was rewarded with $1000 for finding gold in Buninyong.
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Gold had been found in Ballarat and over 20,000 people came to pan for gold.
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In 1858, 8000 Victorians rushed to Port Curtis to find gold.
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The first discovery of gold in Tasmania was on the East Coast in Fingal.
